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Nostradamus

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Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a Fr apothecary and reput seer who published collections of prophecies th have since become fam worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties ( "The Prophecies "), the fi ed of whi appeared in 1555. Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attr a following that, al with the popular press, credits him with predicting many major world events. The prophecies ha in some cas been assimilated to the results of app the alleg Bible code, as we as to other purported prophetic works. Most academic sou maintain that the associations made between wor eve and Nostradamus's quatra are large the resu of misinterpretations or mistr (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them usele as evidence of any gen predictive power. Moreover, no of the so listed offers any evidence th anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus's quatrains specifically enough to al a cle identification of any event in advance.